For quantum computers to outperform their classical counterparts, they need more quantum bits, or qubits. State-of-the-art ...

Mechanical engineer Francesco Maresca and his team from the University of Groningen have worked out how memory metals change ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) At the scale of individual atoms, materials behave in ways that defy everyday intuition. Stretch a metal wire by a few micrometers and its resistance changes only slightly.

The European Space Agency’s ACES mission could ultimately pave the way for a global network of atomic clocks that make these measurements far more accurate. In 2003, engineers from Germany and ...